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As well as getting involved in administration, IT, and publicity, he volunteered full-time as a team leader of the Young Advocates, a project that he set up with Southside’s chief executive and founder, Penny McKissock, to support other children and young people facing similar challenges.

Kai realised how far he’d come at a recent meeting of the Action Against Child Poverty campaign, which aims to cut child deprivation and poverty in Bath and north east Somerset in half by 2020.

“I suddenly realised that they were talking about me,” he said. “But look where I am now!”

Last year, Kai's good work in the community was recognised when he was awarded the prestigious title of Mayor of Bath's Young Citizen.

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And the hard work hasn't stopped there. A month ago, he started a new job as a project youth worker for YMCA. "I'm really enjoying it so far," he said. "It involves different skills and new challenges from the work I've done before."

Kai is determined to keep working to help and inspire other young people experiencing difficulties and, in his words, "adapt their future."

He is regularly stopped in public by people that have been touched by his story and view him as an inspiration - giving him impetus to keep speaking publicly about his journey.

Now on the cusp of turning 18, he is preparing for a trip to Belgium with the National Citizenship Service, a programme which takes young people on exhilarating challenges to help them build skills for work and life.

His personal life is going from strength to strength as well, having recently moved in with his partner in Longwell Green.

But he finds it hard to believe how far he has come in just a few short years.

"I find it surprising every time I look back," he said.

"I'm really shocked [to have been named Heart of Bath Young Person of the Year] - it's amazing, and a great opportunity."

It’s not all about super strength and wearing your underwear on the outside of your trousers; being a hero can be as simple as doing a good deed for a neighbour or brightening a work colleague’s day.

In Bath we are surrounded by people, young and old, who have made their community a little better. This may be through charity fundraising, caring for the local area or sharing their story of overcoming adversity.

Whatever the way, it is these Bathonians who are continuing to inspire our city - and we want to celebrate them.

Over the past few weeks The Bath Chronicle has been asking for your heroes in the run up to the Heart of Bath Awards 2017, sponsored by Curo.